Animere language
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Animere is a language spoken in Ghana
, in the Kecheibe and Kunda villages of the Benimbere people. It is most closely related to Kebu or Akebu
of Togo
. Both are Ghana Togo Mountain languages
(GTM), classified as members of the Ka-Togo group by Heine (1968). Like most other GTM languages, Animere is a noun class language.
Animere is an endangered language which is no longer being passed on to children; speaker counts range from 30 (Blench, 2006) to 700 (Ethnologue, 2003). Already in 1965 Adele
, another GTM language, was the dominant language among the younger generation in the Animere area, and only elderly people spoke Animere among themselves, leading Heine (1968) to expect that 'the language is going to be extinct in a few decades'. Knowledge of Twi, a dominant regional language, is also widespread among the Benimbere.
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
, in the Kecheibe and Kunda villages of the Benimbere people. It is most closely related to Kebu or Akebu
Akebu language
Akebu or Kebu is one of the Ghana–Togo Mountain languages spoken by the Akebu people of southern Togo and southeastern Ghana. It is a language with nominal classes...
of Togo
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...
. Both are Ghana Togo Mountain languages
Ghana Togo Mountain languages
The Ghana–Togo Mountain languages, formerly called Togorestsprachen and Central Togo languages, form a grouping of about fourteen languages spoken in the mountains of the Ghana–Togo borderland...
(GTM), classified as members of the Ka-Togo group by Heine (1968). Like most other GTM languages, Animere is a noun class language.
Animere is an endangered language which is no longer being passed on to children; speaker counts range from 30 (Blench, 2006) to 700 (Ethnologue, 2003). Already in 1965 Adele
Adele language
The Adele language is spoken in central eastern Ghana and central western Togo. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo...
, another GTM language, was the dominant language among the younger generation in the Animere area, and only elderly people spoke Animere among themselves, leading Heine (1968) to expect that 'the language is going to be extinct in a few decades'. Knowledge of Twi, a dominant regional language, is also widespread among the Benimbere.
External links
- Animere profile on UNESCO-CI
- Ethnologue report for Animere